[ his mouth clamps shut, surprised by brilith's response. ]

Who . . . the girls?

[ what can it hurt to answer?

he truly, sincerely liked each and every one of them. it's a simple fact that he likes girls a lot. even when they deceived him, he wanted to make them happy and to believe that they wanted the same for him in return. he raises a hand to his ear. ]

Whenever they hesitated or made faces, I always thought it was out of love. That they wanted to be as honest as possible with me, because they cared.

The girl I loved made me raise money so she could run off with another guy . . . I want to think that she cared, and that's the reason she told me why she was leaving.

[ whether he was worth their time or not, he wants to believe that he was. but his mind knows the truth that his heart has buried time and again. ]